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Old 8th Feb 2007, 16:55
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Spiney Norman
 
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No...And you're right to allude to this as to why it doesn't appear on the list. It was flown in then just stood whilst attempts were made to obtain a C of A of some sort. I do however remember there being engine runs. I can't say whether Courtline being liquidated, or the fact it couldn't be certified was the reason it was disposed of. The aircraft became the clubhouse at Hull Paull airfield and may have been flown out? Courtline did make fairly regular use of BAF Carvairs to ferry large parts out to aircraft that were u/s abroad. I do recall one taking an engine out to Tenerife!! Which must have been a pretty good haul at the time. The financial reasons for purchasing the Beverley must have looked pretty good, no doubt they got it for peanuts, but the fact the aircraft never had a civil certificate of airworthiness would have always been a major problem. For this reason it was never issued a civil registration.
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